Tag: fiction
group name: writespeak
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September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . . more
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May 02, 2008 05:08 AM EDT --
Neither editor nor expert, the reader reviewer occupies an ambiguous position in the food chain of the creative process. Uncertain of their own qualifications and abilities, the temptation exists . . . more
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February 02, 2008 04:39 PM EST --
We had our first book started, "I'll Tuck You in, Deer". In fact the writing was going pretty fast. Everyone was committed and the edits were flying between me and the girls. I realized . . . more
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October 02, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
IV.
Nyarly searched the log to find the planet's destination, but it was still in E-space. He kept one hand on the sapphire, feeling the energy return to it, his . . . more
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September 21, 2007 08:44 PM EDT --
Canadian author Tish Cohen and author of debut novel, Town House Town House by Tish Cohen - a book review (soon to be a movie, filmed in Boston), has published her first young adult (children's) . . . more
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June 23, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
I have a silver hand mirror. That in itself isn't unusual, it was the expected birthday gift to all sixteen year old daughters in our family. What makes mine unusual is the name engraved . . . more
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May 15, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
Book Excerpts from Bestselling Authors
JANEOLOGY by Karen Harrington
Janeology
by Karen Harrington
ISBN-10: 160164020X
Publisher: Kunati Books
CHAPTER ONE . . . more
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October 14, 2007 04:20 PM EDT --
Damian McNicholl is a long-time Gather member (February 14, 2006) (http://damianmcnicholl.gather.com) who grew up in Northern Ireland and went to law school in Wales; in the 1990s, Damian came to the US . . . more
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October 05, 2007 08:26 PM EDT --
What's your mission?
Like many of us, I have a book I want to sell, first to a publisher and then to thousands of people on the edge of change--I have defined my market. But I have not stated in a . . . more
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June 05, 2007 12:42 AM EDT --
Well hallelujah, you've written your One Big Novel. Now what? Chances are you've been eyeballing some publishing houses while writing it. But hang on there, Tex. You don't . . . more
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May 26, 2007 07:55 AM EDT --
Dialogue Should Fit the Characters:
Consider what your character is like and have what they say be in synch with their nature. You wouldn’t expect a rough and tumble, hard drinkin’ detective . . . more
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May 22, 2008 04:38 PM EDT --
Many writers already know the drill. You followed the publisher guidelines. You waited patiently. Then one day you get a form letter or a form e-mail that reads "Thank you . . . more
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August 05, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
CAT'S CRADLE
The Woman in the Swamp
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February 29, 2008 09:55 AM EST --
In papers filed for a lawsuit in Manhattan, J.K. Rowling says she feels betrayed by a fan, Steven Vander Ark, for his role in trying to publish an unauthorized reference work, " Harry . . . more
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August 18, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
We're in week three of The Grandmaster Book Giveaway. The rules remain the same. If you have not yet won, you can post your answers below. We'll select one winner to . . . more
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November 06, 2007 12:14 PM EST --
Over the last several years, Darrell Bain has become one of the best selling authors in the world in the realm of electronic publishing, winning just about every honor available in that area of publishing. . . . more
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October 17, 2007 03:15 AM EDT --
Inspired perhaps by watching Across the Universe, I wanted to write something that took place in the sixties. This is a joint writing project between myself and my hubby Austin Cushing. It's a serial . . . more
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June 27, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
Nearly a year ago I tested the waters with Lulu.com and put together a collection of poetry called The Long and Short of It and published on Lulu, where it's available in print for about $7 and . . . more
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June 26, 2008 05:49 PM EDT --
Whether you live in an apartment building or a suburban development, there is no escaping the neighbors. And unlike noisy guests in the next hotel room, there is no check-out time, either. Their craziness . . . more
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September 03, 2008 11:41 AM EDT --
By Saralee Rosenberg www.saraleerosenberg.com
As a novelist, I always set out to write a story that has the three C's. It must be clever, it must be compelling and it damn well better . . . more
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